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- catalog abstract ""Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a twenty-year-old sophomore when he was introduced to fellow student Robert Lax (1915-2000) in the Columbia University cafeteria in 1935. They were brought together by an admiration for each other's writing as it appeared in the college humor magazine. Upon graduation in 1938, Merton converted to Roman Catholicism and Lax began graduate study in English and took a job at the New Yorker. Three years later, Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemani, and he and Lax saw each other only four more times. Yet their friendship was sustained for the next thirty-three years through an amazing correspondence." "These letters of two poets and solitaries betray a giddy delight in wordplay, unconstrained by rules of grammar or conventions of spelling. Puns, portmanteaus, and inside jokes abound. The thiry-year exchange began when Merton dashed off a note on June 17, 1938, after spending a week with Lax's family. The final epistle in their correspondence was written by Lax on December 8, 1968. Merton died in Bangkok five days later and never received it." "Arthur Biddle spent nearly ten years collecting every letter known to exist between Merton and Lax, a total of 346, two-thirds of which have never been published. Biddle provides chronologies of their lives and, through unobtrusive notes, places events and people in context within the letters. This volume also includes the text of a rare interview with Lax."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11966143.
- catalog contributor b11966144.
- catalog contributor b11966145.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a twenty-year-old sophomore when he was introduced to fellow student Robert Lax (1915-2000) in the Columbia University cafeteria in 1935. They were brought together by an admiration for each other's writing as it appeared in the college humor magazine. Upon graduation in 1938, Merton converted to Roman Catholicism and Lax began graduate study in English and took a job at the New Yorker. Three years later, Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemani, and he and Lax saw each other only four more times. Yet their friendship was sustained for the next thirty-three years through an amazing correspondence." "These letters of two poets and solitaries betray a giddy delight in wordplay, unconstrained by rules of grammar or conventions of spelling. Puns, portmanteaus, and inside jokes abound. The thiry-year exchange began when Merton dashed off a note on June 17, 1938, after spending a week with Lax's family. The final epistle in their correspondence was written by Lax on December 8, 1968. Merton died in Bangkok five days later and never received it." "Arthur Biddle spent nearly ten years collecting every letter known to exist between Merton and Lax, a total of 346, two-thirds of which have never been published. Biddle provides chronologies of their lives and, through unobtrusive notes, places events and people in context within the letters. This volume also includes the text of a rare interview with Lax."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword by Brother Patrick Hart, OCSO -- Introduction -- Thomas Merton chronology -- Robert Lax chronology -- Letters. Part 1: 1938-1941 -- Part 2: 1942-1951 -- Part 3: 1952-1960 -- Part 4: 1961-1964 -- Part 5: 1965-1968 -- An interview with Robert Lax -- A poem for Thomas Merton by Robert Lax.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xx, 448 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "When prophecy still had a voice.".
- catalog identifier "081312168X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "When prophecy still had a voice.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "When prophecy still had a voice.".
- catalog subject "818/.5409 B 21".
- catalog subject "Lax, Robert Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "PS3525.E7174 Z49 2000".
- catalog subject "Poets, American 20th century Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Trappists United States Correspondence.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword by Brother Patrick Hart, OCSO -- Introduction -- Thomas Merton chronology -- Robert Lax chronology -- Letters. Part 1: 1938-1941 -- Part 2: 1942-1951 -- Part 3: 1952-1960 -- Part 4: 1961-1964 -- Part 5: 1965-1968 -- An interview with Robert Lax -- A poem for Thomas Merton by Robert Lax.".
- catalog title "When prophecy still had a voice : the letters of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax / edited by Arthur W. Biddle.".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".